Bass Whammy?

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Author Message caden_vekk Junior Username: caden_vekk Post Number: 29 Registered: 3-2008 Posted on Tuesday, December 02, 2008 - 8:42 am:    Hey, it's me again and I have a few projects in the planning and I'm souping up a bass of a friend of mine. We were going back and forth with über cool ideas on how to make his cheapish bass a BA Boomer. Some how, in our fantastical conversation, the idea of a bass tremelo system came up. My thinking is "Why not, it could work......(maybe)" and so I looked online and saw that YES some basses have been made with a tremelo system. Well, I first went to StewMac and then all of the other Luthier supply stores, but it seems that Bass tremelos aren't in high demand enough to sell them. So, Alembic (or anyone else who may know), is there any way we could work together and get some quotes on this? Thanks alot guys and gals hieronymous Senior Member Username: hieronymous Post Number: 482 Registered: 1-2005 Posted on Tuesday, December 02, 2008 - 9:17 am:    Hipshot makes one - should be able to order direct from them? adriaan Senior Member Username: adriaan Post Number: 2014 Registered: 6-2002 Posted on Tuesday, December 02, 2008 - 9:27 am:    Somehow your search didn't find the HipShot bass tremolo - but then they don't call it a whammy. Stanley Clarke and John Entwistle had Bigsbys installed on Alembic basses. caden_vekk Junior Username: caden_vekk Post Number: 30 Registered: 3-2008 Posted on Tuesday, December 02, 2008 - 9:30 am:    Thanks, I'll see what he says about that bassman68 Member Username: bassman68 Post Number: 64 Registered: 10-2007 Posted on Wednesday, December 03, 2008 - 7:03 am:    Kahler make a bass tremelo as well, that is supposedly an easy retro-fit. dannyj Junior Username: dannyj Post Number: 14 Registered: 2-2003 Posted on Saturday, January 31, 2009 - 9:51 am:    Hi, here is the Kahler I installed on a bass I am building. blackelan Junior Username: blackelan Post Number: 41 Registered: 7-2007 Posted on Saturday, January 31, 2009 - 1:48 pm:    I would have to say the Digitech Bass Whammy pedal is the way to go if you can find one instead of a bridge tremolo. Listen to Tool's Disposition to hear what I mean. I forgot to add to my post I beleive Kahler is reissuing the tremolo bridge systems they were common on the 80s Jackson Charvel bass guitars. (Message edited by BlackElan on January 31, 2009) dannyj Junior Username: dannyj Post Number: 25 Registered: 2-2003 Posted on Monday, September 21, 2009 - 9:12 pm:    Here is the bass finished with some custom art work. dannyj Junior Username: dannyj Post Number: 26 Registered: 2-2003 Posted on Monday, September 21, 2009 - 9:16 pm:    another pic of the headstock ! elwoodblue Senior Member Username: elwoodblue Post Number: 855 Registered: 6-2002 Posted on Monday, September 21, 2009 - 10:47 pm:    That's a fantastic job, Looks like an instrument with alot of mojo that'll just get better with age. congrats, georgie_boy Senior Member Username: georgie_boy Post Number: 961 Registered: 8-2005 Posted on Tuesday, September 22, 2009 - 5:28 am:    LOVE that bass!! senmen Senior Member Username: senmen Post Number: 919 Registered: 7-2003 Posted on Wednesday, September 23, 2009 - 6:25 am:    hey Danny, that is really a cool bass. Love it.... Oliver (Spyderman) davehouck Moderator Username: davehouck Post Number: 8767 Registered: 5-2002 Posted on Wednesday, September 23, 2009 - 4:20 pm:    Cool!